Cover for bed springs and the like



1929- A. A. SCHIMMEL COVER FOR BED SPRINGS AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed July 26. 1928 Uct. 22, 1929.. A W L 1,732fi83 COVER FOR BED SPRINGS AND THE LIKE Filed July 26, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 22, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COVER FOR BED SPRINGS AND THE LIKE Application filed July 26, 1928. Serial No. 295,608.

My invention relates to covers for bedsprings and the like and it has for its object to rovide an improved article of this kind.

overs for bed springs and the like have a heretofore been rovided made from textile fabric, usually tlcking, consistin of a baglike structure that con d be opens at one end to permit the insertion therein of the bed spring, means being provided for holdingthe cover in position on the bed spring against displacement while in use. As heretofore constructed a cover of this class required an objectionable amount of time and labor to apply the same, or remove it from, a bed is spring, and the principal ob ect of my invention is to obviate'this objectionable feature. re this and other ends I have provided a cover for bed springs having the eculiar features of construction and mode operation pointed out in the claim at the close of the following description.

in the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cover for bed-springs and the like as viewed from below,

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of a corner portion or" the cover shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, more or less diagrammatic, of the cover shown in Figure 1.. I

Figure t is a cross sectional viewoi the cover shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail hereinafter described.

Having reference to the drawin s, 1 is the top wall or panelof m improve cover {for bed-springs and the li e; 2, 2 are the side walls of the cover oined at their tops to the opposite sides of t e top wall 1; while :3, 3, Figure 3, are the end wallspf the cover o1ned at their tops to the opposite ends oi the top wall 1.

At one end thereof the cover is constructed with a bottom wall section or panel4= that is relatively narrow and extends from-one side wall 2 to the o posite side wall 2, the opposite ends of said ttom wall section or panel 4 being permanently joined to the bottom por- 50 tions of said side walls 2. I

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At the opposite end of the cover there is provided another bottom wall section or panel 5 which extends from one side wall 2 to the opposite side wall 2, and which is permanent joined along one side to the adjacent en wall 3. Each end of this bottom wall section 5 is provided with a series of lugs or dogs 6 to co-operate with a corresponding series of lugs or dogs 7 rovided at the lower edge of the adjacent si e wall 2. By means of a cam slide 8 connected with'the two series of lugs or dogs 6 and 7 the latter are operated so as to be interlocked as shown in Figure 6, whereby the end of the bottom wall section 5 is securely connected with the adjacent side wall 2, or so as to be disengaged thereby'to disconnect the end of the bottom wall section 5 from said side wall.

As shown in Figure 5 the dogs or lugs 6 are permanently secured to a tape 9 which is fastened by means of stitches 10 to the bottom wall section 5, while the hi s or dogs 7 are permanently fastened to t e tape 11,

which in turn is secured to the adjacent side wall 2 by a longitudinal line of stitches 12. The cam slide 8 is provided with a fingerpiece 13 by means of which it is manipulated, and in Figure 2 the cam slide 8 is shown at the limit of its movement toward the left with the two series of lugs or dogs interlocked to B0 fasten the end of the bottom wall section 5 to the side wall section 2. When the cam slide 8 is moved along the series of lugs or dogs toward the right, Figure 2, said two series are unlocked leaving the end of the bottom wall 35 section disconnected from the side wall section 2.

The fastener means, per se, including the lu s or dogs 6 and 7 and the cam slide 8 is 01 and well known and is fully illustrated 99 and described in Patent No. 1,219,881, granted March 20, 1917, to which reference may. be had. When both the cam slides 8, Figure 1, are-shifted to the limit of their movement toward the right, the bottom wall section or panel 5 is then only connected with the end wall 3 along its outer side edge, and, therefore, it may be ermitted to assume the ppsition shown by otted lines in Figure 1, w ich is the case when the cover is being applied to a bed-sp In a'plying the cover to a bed-spring t e end a? the cover including the bottom wall panel 4 is slipped on to one end of the bed-spring; indicated b dotted lines at 14 in Figure 3, and then a r pulling the opposite end of the cover down into position around the opposite end of the bed spring the two cam slides 8 are slid inwardly, toward the left in Figures 1 and 2, to the limits of their movements in that direction, thereby instantly and by one simple movement of the hand securely connectin the opposite ends of the bottom wall section 5 with the side walls 2, 2, and thus securing the cover in position upon the bed-spring.

In practice the cover is usuall made from ordinary ticking, and when app ied to a bedsprin serves, as usual, to prevent lint, dust and t e like falling on to the floor; but an important function of it is to protect the mattress, which is laid upon the cover, from being marked or stained by the metal bedspring 14.

From the above description it will be clear that my improved cover can be applied to a bed-sprin or removed therefrom in a fraction of t e time that has heretofore been required, and furthermore, the above descrlbed cover is of very simple, efficient and inexpensive construction.

What I claim is:

A cover of the character described comprising a top wall; two oppositely disposed side walls permanently connected at their tops with the opposite sides of said top wall; two oppositely disposed end walls permanently connected at their tops with the opposite ends of said top wall and permanently connected at their ends to the ends of said side walls; a bottom wall section permanently connected alon one side with the bottom of one of said en walls throughout the length of the latter and permanently connected at two other opposite sides throughout their len hs with the bottom portions of said side wa s; a narrow transverse bottom wall section permanently connected along one side thereof with the bottom of the other end wall throughout the length of the latter, and

means separably connecting the opposite ends of said ast mentioned bottom wall section with the adjacent bottom edge portions of said side walls.

Signed by me at Boston, county of Sufiolk, and State of Massachusetts, this 20th day 'of June, 1928.

ABRAHAM A. SOL. 

